Application Details:
| Version: | CS6 (13.0) |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.adobe.com/products/... |
| Votes: | 249 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 7.20 |
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What works
This is a special note for users with more than 32 threads and running 32bit Adobe Photoshop on hardware with much more than 32 cores.
AMD Threadripper, AMD Epyc Photoshop can exceed the maximum logical cores, hence the workaround below.
Full explanation here: https://sick.codes/amd-epyc-th...
Installation requires the minimum following libraries:
winetricks atmlib gdiplus msxml3 msxml6 vcrun2005 vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 ie6 fontsmooth=rgb gecko
What does not
Multiprocessor when using CPU hardware with more than 32 threads.
Users with more than 32 logical cores may be required to delete plugins MultiProcessor Support.8BX from within your Program Files
folder.
My CPU has 128 logical cores (threads) so Photoshop CS6 crashes as soon as any multiprocess task is done inside Photoshop with the error:
wine: Unhandled page fault on write access to 0065006C at address 0999226D (thread 0114), starting debugger...
Workarounds
The fix, as above, is to remove MultiProcessor capability.
# go to your wine prefixes and remove the files named MultiProcessor Support.8BX
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe
find | grep -i MultiProcessor
Here were my MultiProcessor plugins:
./Adobe Photoshop CS6/Required/Plug-Ins/Extensions/MultiProcessor Support.8BX.bak
./Adobe Bridge CS6/Plug-Ins/MultiProcessor Support.8BX.bak
./Adobe Bridge CS6/apd/plugins/MultiProcessor Support.8BX.bak
What was not tested
Nothing. I've used it for 10 years.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
I have used Photoshop on Linux for 10 years.
This fix took me a week to figure out.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | Arch Linux x86_64 | Nov 26 2022 | 7.20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Sick Codes | |
| Show | Arch Linux | Jul 29 2021 | 6.13 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | sidd gautam | |
| Show | Arch Linux | Apr 03 2019 | 4.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | Sean | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Mar 15 2019 | 4.2-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Gray Kas | |
| Show | Solus | Apr 27 2019 | 4.1-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Adam C |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 18517 | Tablet pen pressure or eraser (wacom tablet) are not working in Photoshop CS 4/5 | STAGED | View | |
| 25912 | Multiple applications (Google SketchUp 7/8, Photoshop CS6, Mol) don't display the last drawn frame promptly when using binary drivers from Nvidia | NEW | View | |
| 30239 | Multiple Adobe CS6 trial installers fail to initialize, reporting 'Exception caught while getting payloads data combined. Error #1090' | NEW | View | |
| 35805 | "Open file..." box doesn't display image preview in Photoshop CS6 | NEW | View | |
| 37928 | Photoshop CS6: Mini-bridge panel does not show directory entries in alphabetical order | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 37929 | Photoshop CS6: save for web dialog ( and others ) blur when tooltips are expected to appear | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 38105 | Missing window control mechanisms (min/max/expand) and dragging ability while application is in unmaximized state | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 38512 | winetricks fontsmooth-rgb partially smooth fonts in Photoshop CS6 | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 39087 | Photoshop CS6 won't save on a gvfs mounted share | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 39476 | Photoshop CS6: dragging a layer does not make it transparent | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 42981 | Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6 - pressing down when a menu is open switches to the next menu | NEW | View | |
| 43693 | Photoshop CS6, clicking on mini-bridge thumbnail crashes bridge with backtrace (JPG files only) | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 44806 | Photoshop CS6: active preference category background color is too dark | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 44807 | Photoshop CS6 - dragging a guide generates a position indicator with transparent foreground color | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 45348 | Photoshop CS6 doesn't recognize images copied to clipboard by Chromium | NEEDINFO | View | |
| 47177 | Photoshop CS6 and early CC versions can't draw tool boxes anymore (affects all versions of wine) | RESOLVED | NOTOURBUG | View |
| 48439 | Tool selection bug in adobe Photoshop on Linux mint | UNCONFIRMED | View |
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by Larry Snyder on Saturday March 23rd 2019, 21:13
(Splash screen shows transparent overlay instead of black border, "Save to Web" dialog does not flicker when tooltips display, etc.)
See also:
wiki.winehq.org/Useful_Registry_Keys
In the X11 Driver section.
Setting these may have undesirable effects for other applications in that prefix, so I suggest keeping this application in a prefix all to itself, with these flags set.
Tested on WINE 3.0 (Xubuntu 18.04) with 64bit prefix and suggested winetricks, using intel integrated graphics.
by Salvador Hernandez on Wednesday October 13th 2021, 5:03
by Filip on Monday December 10th 2018, 5:30
Select Window Rules
Click "New..." to create a new Window Rules
Enter the description
Window Class -> Regular Expression -> Photoshop.exe
Check "Match whole window class"
Check on tab "Size & Position"
Check "Full screen": value Force, No
Check "Ignore Requested Geometry": value Force, Yes
Click Okay
by Electric Prism on Sunday June 5th 2016, 22:48
I'm beginning to wonder if it works better on AMDGPU, Intel Open Graphics and other Open Drivers.
by Robert Munteanu on Monday June 6th 2016, 4:30
by Electric Prism on Monday June 6th 2016, 5:06
Nvidia just struggles and locks up more on Arch wine staging using the blob. I never expected usability and stability to improve but it has on open Intel drivers.
by Robert Munteanu on Thursday June 9th 2016, 3:05
Also, you mentioned that the 'guides are weird'. If there isn't a bug filed for that it might be worth to add it.
by Richard Baláž on Tuesday December 22nd 2015, 9:26
I had problems with installation since it always failed. I was experiencing similar problems after installation.
This winetricks line helped to install & to launch:
$ winetricks -q atmlib gdiplus msxml3 msxml6 vcrun2005 vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 ie6 fontsmooth-rgb gecko
After that I was able to launch successfully only 32-bit version.
PS works quite good, but drawing tools are still not working properly. And that's sad. Also, after first start PS noticed me that something is wrong with graphics acceleration (I have Intel HD 4400). But other things seems to be working and it is stable.
Richard.
by Franco on Monday September 23rd 2019, 20:36
by Glenn Van Acker on Friday September 25th 2015, 11:42
by Max S. on Tuesday February 10th 2015, 20:26
I too have experienced issues where some tools will not properly draw when holding the mouse down. Sometimes I can draw squiggles, sometimes it's just a dot.
Thankfully I found a workaround to this issue in tool options.
Simply turn off 'Spacing' for each drawing tool (Brush, Eraser, Pencil, etc). After that, dots should be no more.
This solution may work on older Photoshops.
by Erikas Rudinskas on Thursday December 24th 2015, 2:49
Quick fix for those dots & lines is to use older wine version, which is originally used in POL: 1.7.46-stagging